Tracklist 00:00 1 Somebody Loves Me Written-By - Ballard MacDonald, Buddy G. De Sylva, George Gershwin 02:38 2 Cheerful Little Earful Written-By - Billy Rose, Harry Warren , Ira Gershwin 04:47 3 You Make Me Feel So Young Written-By - Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon 07:10 4 Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar Written-By - Don Raye, Eleanore Sheehy, Hughie Prince 09:41 5 Like Young Written-By - André Previn, Paul Francis Webster 12:44 6 Cool Breeze Written-By - Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron 14:44 7 Moonlight Becomes You Written-By - Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke 17:53 8 Blue Skies Written-By - Irving Berlin 21:39 9 You Turned The Tables On Me Written-By - Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell 24:12 10 Gypsy In My Soul Written-By - Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe 26:55 11 Goody Goody Written-By - Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck 29:26 12 St. Louis Blues Written-By - W. C. Handy 33:28 13. A-Tisket, A-Tasket 25:50 14. Swingin' Shepherd Blues Arranged By - Frank De Vol , Nelson Riddle , Paul Weston , Russell Garcia Liner Notes - Benny Green Title: Get Happy Year Of Release: 1959 Label: Verve [523 321-2] Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz Recorded during the period of time when Ella Fitzgerald cut her famous series of "songbooks," this set (which in 1999 was reissued on CD) is a bit of a hodge-podge, drawing its 14 selections from six different dates which find Ella backed by orchestras led by either Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russ Garcia or Paul Weston. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" was previously available as just a single while "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (an alternate take) was previously unreleased. As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get Happy finds Ella Fitzgerald at the peak of her powers.
Tracklist
00:00 1 Somebody Loves Me
Written-By - Ballard MacDonald, Buddy G. De Sylva, George Gershwin
02:38 2 Cheerful Little Earful
Written-By - Billy Rose, Harry Warren , Ira Gershwin
04:47 3 You Make Me Feel So Young
Written-By - Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon
07:10 4 Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar
Written-By - Don Raye, Eleanore Sheehy, Hughie Prince
09:41 5 Like Young
Written-By - André Previn, Paul Francis Webster
12:44 6 Cool Breeze
Written-By - Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron
14:44 7 Moonlight Becomes You
Written-By - Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke
17:53 8 Blue Skies
Written-By - Irving Berlin
21:39 9 You Turned The Tables On Me
Written-By - Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell
24:12 10 Gypsy In My Soul
Written-By - Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe
26:55 11 Goody Goody
Written-By - Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck
29:26 12 St. Louis Blues
Written-By - W. C. Handy
33:28 13. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
25:50 14. Swingin' Shepherd Blues
Arranged By - Frank De Vol , Nelson Riddle , Paul Weston , Russell Garcia
Liner Notes - Benny Green
Title: Get Happy
Year Of Release: 1959
Label: Verve [523 321-2]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Recorded during the period of time when Ella Fitzgerald cut her famous series of "songbooks," this set (which in 1999 was reissued on CD) is a bit of a hodge-podge, drawing its 14 selections from six different dates which find Ella backed by orchestras led by either Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russ Garcia or Paul Weston. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" was previously available as just a single while "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (an alternate take) was previously unreleased. As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get Happy finds Ella Fitzgerald at the peak of her powers.